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Never Be Beaten By Equipment (N3BE)
On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 7:58 AM Mike Harmuth <ofracer@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well done, the Jefferson is a great event. I expect a large turn out for
> many events this year. Our HRG event in June at Lime Rock filled up a month
> ago, we had to turn away cars. VSCCA had a vintage racing school two weeks
> ago with 27 cars entered, about twice the normal turn out.
>
> Get out, drive hard, have fun
>
> Never Be Beaten By Equipment (N3BN)
>
> mike h
>
> On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 7:44 AM yellow04 via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Jefferson 500, Summit Point, West Virginia
>>
>> The pent up energy as we come out of the pandemic was apparent, the car
>> count was off the charts. In the 3 race groups we ran in, around 106
>> cars posted times. Out of those 106 cars, 14 were Triumphs, or Triumph
>> powered specials. Looking at lap times, 5 of those Triumphs were in the
>> top 12. Impressive results.
>>
>> The Lola Cup race had the Spitfires, and that race was won by one of the
>> Spits out of the Vintage Racing Services camp. No surprise there,
>> anything our friends at VRS produce will be wicked fast and very well
>> driven.
>>
>> The Donahue Cup race had the TR3, Ambro and Peerless GT running. Vic
>> Schuster posted a great time in the Ambro, but that race had a Bobsy
>> sports racer that ran away from the field.
>>
>> The Marlboro Cup race had the later TR's and GT6's. Attrition at the
>> front over the weekend left two contenders to battle for the win, and
>> while on paper the TR250 never had a chance against a well prepped and
>> driven Lotus Super 7, the plan was to race the guy hard and clean and
>> hope for a mistake. I was relentless, especially in the carousel,
>> getting side by side on numerous occasions. I got around him at least 3
>> times in traffic, just to have him power around me on the next straight.
>> But a back marker was in the right place at the right time, clogging the
>> line on the last turn on the last lap. I used the back marker as a pick,
>> pulled onto the front straight in the lead, and the drag race to
>> start/finish was on. The Triumph prevailed by .092 seconds!
>>
>> Incredible racing, weather and camaraderie in the paddock. Doesn't get
>> any better than this.
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Never Be Beaten By Equipment (N3BE)<br><div><br></div><div=
><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"g=
mail_attr">On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 7:58 AM Mike Harmuth <<a href=3D"mail=
to:ofracer@gmail.com">ofracer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote=
class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px so=
lid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Well done, the Jeff=
erson is a great event. I expect a large turn out for many events this year=
. Our HRG event in June at Lime Rock filled up a month ago, we had to turn =
away cars. VSCCA had a vintage racing school two weeks ago with 27 cars ent=
ered, about twice the normal turn out.<div><br></div><div>Get out, drive ha=
rd, have fun</div><div><br></div><div>Never Be Beaten By Equipment (N3BN)</=
div><div><br></div><div>mike h</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 7:44 AM yellow0=
4 via Fot <<a href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank">fot@a=
utox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" sty=
le=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);paddi=
ng-left:1ex">Jefferson 500, Summit Point, West Virginia<br>
<br>
The pent up energy as we come out of the pandemic was apparent, the car <br=
>
count was off the charts. In the 3 race groups we ran in, around 106 <br>
cars posted times. Out of those 106 cars, 14 were Triumphs, or Triumph <br>
powered specials.=C2=A0 Looking at lap times, 5 of those Triumphs were in t=
he <br>
top 12. Impressive results.<br>
<br>
The Lola Cup race had the Spitfires, and that race was won by one of the <b=
r>
Spits out of the Vintage Racing Services camp. No surprise there, <br>
anything our friends at VRS produce will be wicked fast and very well <br>
driven.<br>
<br>
The Donahue Cup race had the TR3, Ambro and Peerless GT running. Vic <br>
Schuster posted a great time in the Ambro, but that race had a Bobsy <br>
sports racer that ran away from the field.<br>
<br>
The Marlboro Cup race had the later TR's and GT6's. Attrition at th=
e <br>
front over the weekend left two contenders to battle for the win, and <br>
while on paper the TR250 never had a chance against a well prepped and <br>
driven Lotus Super 7, the plan was to race the guy hard and clean and <br>
hope for a mistake. I was relentless, especially in the carousel, <br>
getting side by side on numerous occasions. I got around him at least 3 <br=
>
times in traffic, just to have him power around me on the next straight. <b=
r>
But a back marker was in the right place at the right time, clogging the <b=
r>
line on the last turn on the last lap. I used the back marker as a pick, <b=
r>
pulled onto the front straight in the lead, and the drag race to <br>
start/finish was on. The Triumph prevailed by .092 seconds!<br>
<br>
Incredible racing, weather and camaraderie in the paddock. Doesn't get =
<br>
any better than this.<br>
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